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Summer Pflug enjoys putting on makeup and performing routines with her team. The member of the Coconut Creek Eagles' 140-pound cheerleading squad celebrated with the rest of the girls over their third-place Small Category finish during the recent American Youth Football League Cheerleading competition at the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami's campus. "I like the competition because everybody is watching you, so it's fun," said Pflug, 13 and an eighth-grader at Lyons Creek Middle School. "The best part of today was hitting all our stunts. We practice the whole season at last three times a week. We wanted to win." The event, which annually...

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